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Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

Reference
2023/0353(NLE) Non-legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 19 July 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Adopted by the Council
Lead committee
Environment, Climate and Food Safety ENVI
More facts (4)
Rapporteur
MEP #197805
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
PECH

Where it stands

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  1. Referred to committee (done) 22 April 2024
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 18 April 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 19 April 2024
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 24 April 2024
  5. Adopted by the Council (done) 19 July 2024

A decision the Council takes on its own. Depending on the Treaty article, Parliament either gives its consent — accepting or rejecting the text without amending it — or is consulted and gives an opinion.

People

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Lead committee
Environment, Climate and Food Safety ENVI
Rapporteur
MEP #197805 (The Left) former member
Opinion: PECH
Fisheries · rapporteur MEP #197441 (S&D) former member

Decisions in plenary, 0

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Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament24 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0337/2024 TA-9-2024-0337

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary19 Apr 2024

    Report A9-0177/2024 A-9-2024-0177

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  3. Committee draft22 Mar 2024

    Draft report (ENVI) ENVI-PR-759989

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  • Report A9-0177/2024: Parliament's committee report asks Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.

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Committee opinions: Draft opinion (PECH), Opinion (PECH)

What changed

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Timeline, 8

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Outcome 1 step · 19 Jul 2024
  1. 19 July 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 1 step · 24 Apr 2024
  1. 24 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 24 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0337/2024Report A9-0177/2024

Committee stage 1 step · 22 Apr 2024
  1. 22 April 2024

    Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; PECH (Fisheries) gives an opinion.

Plenary stage 1 step · 19 Apr 2024
  1. 19 April 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A9-0177/2024

Committee stage 4 steps · 23 Jan 2024–18 Apr 2024
  1. 18 April 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

    ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 22 March 2024

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (ENVI)

  3. 20 March 2024

    PECH (Fisheries) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (PECH)

  4. 23 January 2024

    Draft opinion from PECH (Fisheries)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (PECH)

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Sources & citation

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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction”. Dossier. reference 2023/0353(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0353 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/0353(NLE), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F0353(NLE). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2023-0353,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0353}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-0353},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/0353(NLE). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F0353(NLE). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}